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Urrnl STATES ATENT OFFICE.

O K CLEAVELAND, OF AMERICA, CALIFORNIA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,134, dated April 30, 1901.

Application filed April 2, 1900. Serial No. 11,196. (No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O K CLEAVELAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at America, in the cpunty of Sonoma and State of California, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gates of the class which may be opened from either side by occupants of vehicles Without alighting and closed after passage of the vehicle.

The object of the invention is to provide simple but effective mechanism for releasing the gate-bolt and causing the gate to swing open and means for closing the gate, so that its bolt will automatically engage the catch on the gate-post to lock the gate.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and its novel features will be defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a gate wit-h my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the hinged end of the gate. Fig. 3 illustrates a modification, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a further modification.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a fencepost, to which the gate 2 is hinged, and 3 is the opposite post, provided with a beveled catch 4, with which the locking-bolt 5 engages.

6 designates a standard located adjacent to the post 1 and provided with a cross-arm 7, extending longitudinally of the road.

8 and 9 are standards located on opposite sides of the gate in line with the standards 6. Each of these standards 8 and 9 is provided with a horizontal arm 10, overhanging the road.

11 designates a post located between the standards 6 and 8 at a sufficient distance from the standard 6 to enable the latch 5 to engage a catch 12, projecting from the post 11, and provided with a spring-arm 13, which is of sufficient strength to retain the latch in engagement with the catch 12, but elastic enough not to prevent the ready disengage ment of the latch when the latter is operated by its pull-cord.

14 designates an angle-arm projecting from the end bar 15 of the gate and supported in a keeper 16, projecting from the post 1. The upper end of the arm 14 is secured to one end of a cord 17, which passes over a pulley 18, supported on a pin 19, projecting from the outer side of the standard 6, and carries a weight at its lower end.

The standard 6 is formed with a recess 21 near its lower end, and within said recess is supported a pulley 22 upon a cross-pin 23. Around this pulley 22 passes a cord 24, the upper end of which is secured to the lower ends of the links 25 and 26, the upper diverging ends of which are secured, respectively, to oppositely-arranged bell-crank levers 27 and 28, fulcrumed upon the ends of the cross-bar 7. The upper arms of the bellcrank levers 27 and 28 are connected by wires 29 and 30 with the upper arms of bell-crank levers 31 and 32, fulcrumed to the inner ends of the arms 10, projecting from the standards 8 and 9.

The lower arms of the bell-crank levers 31 and 32 are provided with pull-cords 33, havin g handholds 34.

Thelower end of the cord 24 passes around a spool or pulley 35, supported upon a vertical rod 36, secured between the parallel horizontal bars 37 and 38 of the gate, and is attached to the inner end of the latch 5.

The latch 5, which constitutes an important feature of my invention, is beveled on the lower edge 39 of its inner end, and its outer end is recessed or beveled to form a finger 40, which is adapted to engage a light spring 41, secured to the catch 4.

Adjacent to its outer end the latch 5 is provided with a weight 42, which causes the latch to drop into engagement with the catch at the proper time. The latch near its inner end is formed with an elongated vertical slot 43, through which extends a vertical rod 44, secured to the gate, which serves to secure the inner end of the latch in position movably, the outer end of said latch being held between the parallel end bars of the gate.

The operation of the mechanism as thus described is as follows: To open the gate, one or the other of the cords 33 is pulled down, which tilts the bell-crank lever attached there to and through the connection 29, (or 30,) bell-crank 27, (or 28,) and link 25 (or 26) pulls upon the cord 24. This results in tilting the latch 5 to raise it out of engagement with .the catch 4, and the pressure of the cord 24 upon the rod 26 causes the gate to swing upon its hinge-supports and into engagement with the catch 12 of the side post 11. The closing of the gate is effected by pulling upon the opposite pull-cord 33, the weight assisting the closing movement, as will be apparent.

In lieu of the bell-cranks 27, 28, 31, and 32 I may employ pulleys 46 of sufficient size, as shown in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4 the bell-crank levers 31 and 32 are omitted and straight levers 31 and 32 substituted, and instead of arranging the wires 29 and overhead they are located adjacent to the lower ends of the posts, bell-cranks 27 and 28, pivoted upon braces 29 being provided near the posts 8, and pulleys 4:7 and 48,

mounted at the base of the post 6, the latter being shorter than the posts 6 of the other figures and not provided with the cross-piece 7. The construction of the latch and other parts on the gate is the same in all of the figures.

I claim- 1. The combination with standards, and a swinging gate; of a weighted angle-arm p'rojccting from the hinged end of the gate; a Weighted latch beveled on the under edge of its inner end and vertically slotted; a vertical rod extending through the slot of the latch; a vertical rod adjacent to the hinged end of the gate; and a pull-cord secured at one end to the latch, passing around the vertical rod to said angle-arm; a vertically-disposed pulley supported in the recess of the standard; a gate-operating cord passing over said vertical pulley; pull-cords secured to the upper end of said operating-cord; a vertical rod secured to the gate around which the gate-cord passes; a latch beveled at its inner end and vertically slotted; a rod securing said latch loosely; and a catch to engage the latch.

3. The combination with a swinging gate, of standards at opposite sides of the gate; an intermediate standard adjacent to the hinged end of the gate; a weighted angle-arm proj ecting from the gate; a weighted tilting latch beveled on its under surface and vertically slotted; a vertical rod extending through the slot of said latch; a pull-cord secured to the inner end of the latch; a vertical rod secured to the. gate around which the pull-cord passes; and means For operating the pull-cord from opposite sides of the gate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

O K OLEAVELAND.

Witnesses:

CARL BUCK, TH. ROSENGREEN. 

